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The Americas
Hardback. Through the prisms of leadership, women, and power, this book traces the Wendat diaspora beyond a discourse of destruction and into a new world of rejuvenation and hope. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774825559
- ISBN
- 9780774825559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Paperback. Inner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. This title tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. It compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 3JJP; JFSL1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226569611
- ISBN
- 9780226569611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.72
€ 34.99
€ 27.72
paperback. When Joseph Smith announced his revelation that plural marriage was essential to attaining the highest level of eternal salvation, he introduced what became the most notorious aspect of Mormon culture. This title offers a look at the long-term interaction between belief and the practice of polygamy, or plural marriage, among the Latter-day Saints. Num Pages: 328 pages, 19 photographs; 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWU; HRLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252075605
- ISBN
- 9780252075605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Sklar, Kathryn Kish; Schuler, Anya; Strasser, Susan; Schuler, Anja. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JFFK; JPWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484698
- ISBN
- 9780801484698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Hardback. This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities. Series: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBT; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231125345
- ISBN
- 9780231125345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.66€ 76.79
€ 100.66
€ 76.79
Paperback. A celebration of contemporary American fiction. It explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, it identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly disparate and unconnected writers. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070570
- ISBN
- 9780252070570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Traces Brazil's complex environmental politics as they have unfolded over time, from their mid-twentieth-century conservationist beginnings to the contemporary development of a distinctive 'socio-environmentalism' which seeks to address ecological destruction and social injustice simultaneously. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; JFC; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5741 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822340317
- ISBN
- 9780822340317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.71
€ 31.99
€ 28.71
Hollywood in the Neighborhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Movieg...
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley (Ed.)
Paperback. Presents a picture of how movies entered the American heartland. This book examines the social and cultural changes this form of entertainment brought to towns from Gastonia, North Carolina to Placerville, California, and from Norfolk, Virginia to rural Ontario and beyond. Editor(s): Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn H. Num Pages: 290 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520249738
- ISBN
- 9780520249738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. In this social history of the cinema during the silent-film era, Kathryn H. Fuller charts the gradual homogenization of a diverse American movie audience as itinerant shows gave way first to nickelodeon theatres and then to more luxurious picture palaces. Num Pages: 272 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; HBT; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920825
- ISBN
- 9780813920825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.12
€ 36.12
Num Pages: 128 pages, 191 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 285 x 17. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340253
- ISBN
- 9780764340253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Num Pages: 320 pages, 14 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446. Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage. 308 pages, Illustrations. Why do so many poor American youth continue to have children before they can afford to take care of them? This title offers a look at what marriage and motherhood mean to these women and provides the study of why they put children before marriage despite the daunting challenges they know lie ahead. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Dimension: 150 x 229 x 20. Weight: 430.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271463
- ISBN
- 9780520271463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.82
€ 33.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. Documents the trading relationship in the eighteenth century between the Creek Indians and the Anglo-American peoples who settled in what is now the southeastern US. This book is the first to examine extensively the Creek side of this trade, especially the impact of commercial hunting on all aspects of Indian society. Series: Indians of the Southeast. Num Pages: 13 images; 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; JFSL9; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218567
- ISBN
- 9780803218567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.82
€ 23.99
€ 21.82
Hardback. American women who have participated in politics, the Civil Rights movement, environmental protection, religious tolerance, and many other issues here express their convictions. The contributors range from Abigail Adams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Alice Walker and Betty Friedan. Num Pages: 664 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFK; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 162 x 43. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411857
- ISBN
- 9780815411857
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.12
€ 40.99
€ 36.12
Paperback. Nine essays explore how gardeners and gardens molded Edmonton's social, cultural, and physical landscape. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBCL; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772120486
- ISBN
- 9781772120486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.14
€ 40.99
€ 29.14
Hardcover. This monumental new book is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1,100 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 348 x 53. Weight in Grams: 4028.
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847846597
- ISBN
- 9780847846597
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.06€ 55.39
€ 71.06
€ 55.39
Paperback. Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely. Num Pages: 264 pages, 27 illustrations, 3 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 1KLSX; HBJK; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822348689
- ISBN
- 9780822348689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.31
€ 30.99
€ 27.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931579
- ISBN
- 9780813931579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Paperback. For tourists and long-time residents, and for anyone interested in the Civil War or public art, Testament to Union is a wonderful guide to these tangible connections to the nation's past and an era when public monuments packed powerful messages. Num Pages: 208 pages, 96, 95 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; AMGD; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890956
- ISBN
- 9780801890956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.82
€ 36.82
Hardback. Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801893971
- ISBN
- 9780801893971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.41
€ 49.99
€ 41.41
Hardback. For tourists and long-time residents, and for anyone interested in the Civil War or public art, Testament to Union is a wonderful guide to these tangible connections to the nation's past and an era when public monuments packed powerful messages. Num Pages: 208 pages, 96, 95 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFK; AMGD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- KEX0212629
- ISBN
- 9780801858611
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95